What a week! 
Two days of torrential rain and cyclonic wind.(Sun/Mon) No electricity for four and a half days. Generator doesn't work as it hasn't been used in seven years. Takes it into town and gets the motor working. We can't fix the electrical side of it, maaate, you'll have to go to an electrician. Gets to electrician, Nah mate nah, we can't fix that, you'll have to take it to Tween Heads half an hour away. Nah mate can't get to Tweed Heads, roads under water. You'll have to go south to Brunswick Heads then go north to Tweed Heads adding only an extra hour to the trip. All getting to hard by this stage with two fridges and a freezer goin orf, so decides to hire a generator, as hearsay has it that it could be several days before power is restored. No body local has a generator, all out. Oh, no wait, we do have an old one over there we can let you have, but you'll have to come in now as others will be wanting it. ( At this stage visions of Mr Haney from Greenacres start to appear) So we goes and gets said generator and brings it home, cough, splutter, fizzle, its a no work. Eh. Rings hire man and asks, Is there something that I should know about this machine, it don't work? Oh der, I must have given you the wrong one. That one was brought in to be fixed. You betta bring it back in. 
Shakes head, facepalm and takes it back in. That night has an epiphany whilst standing in a tub of hot water pouring jug of same over head. ( No power, no pump, no water to house.) Why not take semi rancid food to friends house in town and put it in their spare fridge/ freezer. Wednesday midday job done. Now cooking limited choice of food on gas stove by candle light and thinking of how it must have been in the old days before electricity. You are like one of those people that belong in the Territory Jeff,a closet territorian, all u need to do is move. Think of the species you could keep and save, legally.!
